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Is Epicure Ratatouille Niçoise ultra-processed?

375 g Prepared vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Epicure Ratatouille Niçoise

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed prepared vegetables

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vegetables in variable proportion 79% (Courgettes, Tomato Pulp (Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Onions, Aubergines, Peppers), Tomato Purée 12%, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 0.5%, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic 0.2%, Thyme, Pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vegetables in variable proportion (79%) (Courgettes, Tomato Pulp (Tomatoes, Tomato Purée, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Onions, Aubergines, Peppers), Tomato Purée (12%), Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (0.5%), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic (0.2%), Thyme, Pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 273 prepared vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 160th. 58% of the prepared vegetables here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 273 prepared vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011673141537, last edited 27 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.